AC Vantaan Allianssi (or AC Allianssi) was a Finnish

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club, based in the town of

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History

Allianssi were a club in decline, following an 8–0 defeat at fellow Finnish club

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. The match was believed to have been fixed by a Belgian-Chinese betting cartel, which took control of the club in summer 2005. A subsequent police investigation failed to find sufficient evidence of match fixing though. In 2006, a former managing director,

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, admitted that the notorious match was fixed. However, he accused Chinese owner Ye Zheyun for fixing.Helsingin Sanomat – International Edition – Sport
On 11 April 2006, club chairman Erkki Salo announced that the club would be filing for bankruptcy with immediate effect.

Domestic history

European history

Honours

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(2): 2004, 2005

References

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